Show your support for keeping the Newcastle rail line by joining Save Our Rail in this year’s May Day march. It is on Saturday 4th May 2013 at 10.00 a.m. Assemble in the park adjacent to Hamilton Station.

Save Our Rail’s Submission to the NURS (4.9 MB) high quality, suitable for printing The NURS 2012 document has initiatives for improvement but ALL of the proposals can be achieved without rail truncation.

Please show your support and sign our online petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/nsw-state-government-maintain-inter-city-trains-transiting-between-wickham-newcastle Passenger trains are the most efficient form of transport and are resistant to congestion. Newcastle city has an anticipated growth of 10000 to 12000 people in the foreseeable future through the Newcastle Urban Renewal Strategy. Keeping the trains is the best way to keep ...

Originally published March 11, 2013 as an article in NSW Teachers Federation “Education” newspaper: http://www.nswtf.org.au/journal/education-94-02/index.html by Wayne Webber, Assistant General Secretary (Schools) About 500 people travelled from the Hunter Valley and Central Coast to a rally held outside Parliament House, Sydney on February 19. The rally was held as part of an ongoing community campaign ...

Rally at Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney, Tuesday 19 February at 11.00am. Catch the 8.03 am train from Newcastle. Also, later that evening, Politics in the Pub at the Hamilton Station Hotel, 6.30 pm featuring a special guest speaker. Help us get the messages around the community. Keep up the good work with the petitions. ...

Save Our Rail congratulates Maitland City Council, which has moved to support the retention of rail services direct to Newcastle Station. This reaffirms the previous Council’s support for rail connections between the two cities. Joan Dawson, SOR President said “It is important for the communities currently enjoying the benefits of direct rail transport to Newcastle ...

Save Our Rail will be holding a meeting on Wednesday 19th December 2012 at 5.00pm, at Hamilton Station Hotel, reporting on the latest attempts to close our passenger rail services into Newcastle. Politicians have been invited to “stand with SOR to oppose decision to cut rail line”. Wednesday 19th Dec 2012, Hamilton Station Hotel, 5.00 ...

Save Our Rail condemns the O’Farrell Liberal Government over the decision to cut the Newcastle Rail Line at Wickham. “This is a mean and spiteful decision, a blow to the community delivered below the belt in cowardly fashion just in time for Christmas”, said Save Our Rail President, Joan Dawson. Save Our Rail sees this ...

It has become apparent that SOR needs to ramp up its activity in order to save the rail line from truncation. As part of this activity there is an urgent need to develop some new petitions and for all to become very active in obtaining signatures. Attached are copies of the two paper petitions. Please ...

MEDIA RELEASE – SAVE OUR RAIL NSW INCORPORATED NEWCASTLE HAS HUGE FESTIVAL, MASS TRANSPORT BUT NO INFO CITYFEST – THE MAJOR event of the year in terms of anticipated numbers, figure of 20,000, comes to Newcastle next weekend. This is HUGE. Grand transport plans including 28 extra train services to run as shuttles between Broadmeadow ...

Dear members, The Management committee of Save Our Rail NSW Inc has made a decision to call on the Government to implement a trial of cutting the rail line. We urge you to consider this important initiative taken by the committee, which is earnestly committed to the retention of the intercity rail line direct to ...

The Lord Mayor of Newcastle Councillor Jeff McCloy c/- Newcastle City Council Save Our Rail NSW Inc yesterday issued a media release (attached) calling on the Government to test with full costing and appropriate evaluation, the proposed replacement system before any decision to cut the rail services or infrastructure to Newcastle Station Save Our Rail ...

The Premier of NSW The Hon Barry O’Farrell, MP Dear Mr O’Farrell, Save Our Rail calls on Government to trial cut of Newcastle rail line Save Our Rail NSW Inc has issued a media release, (attached) which calls on the Government of NSW to carry out a trial of any proposed replacement system intended for ...

Save our Rail today calls on the NSW Government to conduct a trial suspension of rail services before making any final decision to cut Newcastle rail infrastructure or services. Responding to strong rumours that a decision to cut the Newcastle rail line was imminent, Joan Dawson, President of Save Our Rail, said it would be ...

Save Our Rail NSW Inc is a community organisation taking an interest in the continued provision of public transport. The members of Save Our Rail understand the need for some fare increases to occur. In all deliberations regarding fares the following points need to be considered: Fares need to assist in the payment of the ...

PRESIDENTS 2011 ANNUAL REPORT – SOR NSW Inc – Joan Dawson Once more we have had a busy year during which a new SOR document has emerged. In November 2010 our proposal, Western Transport Initiative (WesTrans) was launched by the Member for Wallsend, Sonia Hornery. This incorporates the Western Education Link Line (WELL) as well ...